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Imperfections in Crystalline Solids

by Wei Cai, William D. Nix ...

Series series MRS-Cambridge Materials Fundamentals
This textbook provides students with a complete working knowledge of the properties of imperfections in crystalline solids. Readers will learn how to apply the fundamental principles of mechanics and thermodynamics to defect properties in materials science, gaining all the knowledge and tools needed to put this into practice in their own research. Beginning with an introduction to defects and a ... Read more

$67.99 USD

This textbook provides students with a complete working knowledge of the properties of imperfections in crystalline solids. Readers will learn how to apply the fundamental principles of mechanics and thermodynamics to defect properties in materials science, gaining all the knowledge and tools needed to put this into practice in their own research. Beginning with an introduction to defects and a
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Crystal Healing for Women

A Modern Guide to the Power of Crystals for Renewed Energy, Strength, and Wellness

by Mariah K. Lyons ...

Crystal Healing for WomenA Modern Guide to the Power of Crystals for Renewed Energy, Strength, and WellnessDiscover the physical, mental, and spiritual healing power of crystals and awaken the healer within.Believed to hold restorative powers over our health, crystals have served humanity for millennia. With Crystal Healing for Women, you can unlock the ancient secrets of healing and wisdom held ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Crystal Healing for WomenA Modern Guide to the Power of Crystals for Renewed Energy, Strength, and WellnessDiscover the physical, mental, and spiritual healing power of crystals and awaken the healer within.Believed to hold restorative powers over our health, crystals have served humanity for millennia. With Crystal Healing for Women, you can unlock the ancient secrets of healing and wisdom held
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The Second Kind of Impossible

The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter

by Paul Steinhardt ...

*Shortlisted for the 2019 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize*One of the most fascinating scientific detective stories of the last fifty years, an exciting quest for a new form of matter. “A riveting tale of derring-do” (Nature), this book reads like James Gleick’s Chaos combined with an Indiana Jones adventure.When leading Princeton physicist Paul Steinhardt began working in the ... Read more

$14.99 USD

*Shortlisted for the 2019 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize*One of the most fascinating scientific detective stories of the last fifty years, an exciting quest for a new form of matter. “A riveting tale of derring-do” (Nature), this book reads like James Gleick’s Chaos combined with an Indiana Jones adventure.When leading Princeton physicist Paul Steinhardt began working in the
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Gemstones

by Cally Oldershaw ...

Series series Collins Gem
A handy guide identifying over 170 types of the world’s gemstones with beautiful colour photography taken from the Smithsonian Institution’s archives.‘Gem Gemstones’ is an indispensable guide for amateurs and enthusiasts alike. This pocket-sized book explores the fascinating history of ornamental stones, discussing their different social and cultural meanings and monetary values through the ages ... Read more

$5.99 USD

A handy guide identifying over 170 types of the world’s gemstones with beautiful colour photography taken from the Smithsonian Institution’s archives.‘Gem Gemstones’ is an indispensable guide for amateurs and enthusiasts alike. This pocket-sized book explores the fascinating history of ornamental stones, discussing their different social and cultural meanings and monetary values through the ages
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Sanación con cristales

by Andrea Cuellar B. ...

La sanación con cristales es posible y está al alcance de todos, este libro reúne sus características y beneficios más extraordinarios y te sirve de guía en un viaje que transformará tu vida.¿Las elecciones que has tomado en tu vida te han hecho sentir realmente feliz? ¿Crees que aún hay heridas por sanar y no sabes por dónde empezar? Este libro es la guía esencial que te permitirá iniciar un ... Read more

$8.99 USD

La sanación con cristales es posible y está al alcance de todos, este libro reúne sus características y beneficios más extraordinarios y te sirve de guía en un viaje que transformará tu vida.¿Las elecciones que has tomado en tu vida te han hecho sentir realmente feliz? ¿Crees que aún hay heridas por sanar y no sabes por dónde empezar? Este libro es la guía esencial que te permitirá iniciar un
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The 7 Chakras A Beginners Guide To Your Energy System

by Allie Rothberg ...

Odds are that you as of now have some familiarity with the word 'chakras'. Maybe you've seen pictures, caught discussions, or delicately fiddled with the vitality frameworks of the body. Numerous in the western world are new to what the chakras are, and how they influence our regular lives, including our wellbeing!The fascinating thing about chakras is that, similar to gravity, regardless of ... Read more

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Odds are that you as of now have some familiarity with the word 'chakras'. Maybe you've seen pictures, caught discussions, or delicately fiddled with the vitality frameworks of the body. Numerous in the western world are new to what the chakras are, and how they influence our regular lives, including our wellbeing!The fascinating thing about chakras is that, similar to gravity, regardless of
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An Introduction to Physics (Material Science Metallurgy)

by Jason King ...

An introduction to Physics (Material Science Metallurgy) is suitable for senior college, university revision or those just curious! Contains 100+ colour charts and diagrams, 4 extensive case studies and multiple formula and expressions explained. ... Read more

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An introduction to Physics (Material Science Metallurgy) is suitable for senior college, university revision or those just curious! Contains 100+ colour charts and diagrams, 4 extensive case studies and multiple formula and expressions explained.
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Epitaxy of Semiconductors

Physics and Fabrication of Heterostructures

by Udo W. Pohl ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
The extended and revised edition of this textbook provides essential information for a comprehensive upper-level graduate course on the crystalline growth of semiconductor heterostructures. Heteroepitaxy is the basis of today’s advanced electronic and optoelectronic devices, and it is considered one of the most important fields in materials research and nanotechnology. The book discusses the ... Read more

$71.99 USD

The extended and revised edition of this textbook provides essential information for a comprehensive upper-level graduate course on the crystalline growth of semiconductor heterostructures. Heteroepitaxy is the basis of today’s advanced electronic and optoelectronic devices, and it is considered one of the most important fields in materials research and nanotechnology. The book discusses the
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Minerals

Their Constitution and Origin

by Hans-Rudolf Wenk, Andrey Bulakh ...

The new edition of this popular textbook, once again, provides an indispensable guide for the next generation of mineralogists. Designed for use on one- or two-semester courses, this second edition has been thoughtfully reorganised, making it more accessible to students, whilst still being suitable for an advanced mineralogy course. Additions include expanded introductions to many chapters, a new ... Read more

$66.99 USD

The new edition of this popular textbook, once again, provides an indispensable guide for the next generation of mineralogists. Designed for use on one- or two-semester courses, this second edition has been thoughtfully reorganised, making it more accessible to students, whilst still being suitable for an advanced mineralogy course. Additions include expanded introductions to many chapters, a new
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Soft Crystals

Flexible Response Systems with High Structural Order

Edited by Masako Kato, Kazuyuki Ishii ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This open access book introduces the science of the new materials, soft crystals, by showing various interesting examples. Different from conventional hard and stable crystals, the soft crystals respond to gentle stimuli such as vapor exposure and rubbing but maintain their structural order. In this book, their exhibition of remarkable visual changes in their shape, color, and luminescence is ... Read more

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This open access book introduces the science of the new materials, soft crystals, by showing various interesting examples. Different from conventional hard and stable crystals, the soft crystals respond to gentle stimuli such as vapor exposure and rubbing but maintain their structural order. In this book, their exhibition of remarkable visual changes in their shape, color, and luminescence is
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Gemstone and Crystal Healing Mind and Body Human Energy Healing For Beginners Guide With The 7 Chakras A Beginners Guide To Your Energy System Box Set Collection

by Allie Rothberg ...

Gemstones have constantly intrigued people from time in remembrance. Previously, they were consigned to the rich and the elites in the general public. They were highlighted in their cutlery, family resources and gems among different assets. They have been disregarded the years in different family genealogies. Today, despite everything they pull in the same consideration and are pricey. We are all ... Read more

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Gemstones have constantly intrigued people from time in remembrance. Previously, they were consigned to the rich and the elites in the general public. They were highlighted in their cutlery, family resources and gems among different assets. They have been disregarded the years in different family genealogies. Today, despite everything they pull in the same consideration and are pricey. We are all
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Faceted Gems - A Historical Article on the Methods and Equipment Used in Lapidary

by Richard M. Pearl ...

Explore the art and craft of gemstone faceting with this fascinating historical article by Richard M. Pearl.Faceted Gems provides a historical overview of faceting techniques and lapidary tools, drawing on early 20th-century practices. Richard M. Pearl details the methods and equipment used by gem cutters, offering insight into traditional approaches to shaping and polishing faceted gemstones ... Read more

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Explore the art and craft of gemstone faceting with this fascinating historical article by Richard M. Pearl.Faceted Gems provides a historical overview of faceting techniques and lapidary tools, drawing on early 20th-century practices. Richard M. Pearl details the methods and equipment used by gem cutters, offering insight into traditional approaches to shaping and polishing faceted gemstones
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Crystallography Made Crystal Clear

A Guide for Users of Macromolecular Models

by Gale Rhodes ...

Crystallography Made Crystal Clear makes crystallography accessible to readers who have no prior knowledge of the field or its mathematical basis. This is the most comprehensive and concise reference for beginning Macromolecular crystallographers, written by a leading expert in the field. Rhodes' uses visual and geometric models to help readers understand the mathematics that form the basis of x ... Read more

$45.99 USD

Crystallography Made Crystal Clear makes crystallography accessible to readers who have no prior knowledge of the field or its mathematical basis. This is the most comprehensive and concise reference for beginning Macromolecular crystallographers, written by a leading expert in the field. Rhodes' uses visual and geometric models to help readers understand the mathematics that form the basis of x
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Crystallography

A Very Short Introduction

by A. M. Glazer ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Crystals have fascinated us for centuries with their beauty and symmetry, and have often been invested with magical powers. The use of X-ray diffraction, first pioneered in 1912 by father and son William and Lawrence Bragg, enabled us to probe the structure of molecules, and heralded the scientific study of crystals, leading to an understanding of their atomic arrangements at a fundamental level. ... Read more

$7.99 USD

Crystals have fascinated us for centuries with their beauty and symmetry, and have often been invested with magical powers. The use of X-ray diffraction, first pioneered in 1912 by father and son William and Lawrence Bragg, enabled us to probe the structure of molecules, and heralded the scientific study of crystals, leading to an understanding of their atomic arrangements at a fundamental level.
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The Physics of Solids

by J. B. Ketterson ...

This comprehensive text covers the basic physics of the solid state starting at an elementary level suitable for undergraduates but then advancing, in stages, to a graduate and advanced graduate level. In addition to treating the fundamental elastic, electrical, thermal, magnetic, structural, electronic, transport, optical, mechanical and compositional properties, we also discuss topics like ... Read more

$79.99 USD

This comprehensive text covers the basic physics of the solid state starting at an elementary level suitable for undergraduates but then advancing, in stages, to a graduate and advanced graduate level. In addition to treating the fundamental elastic, electrical, thermal, magnetic, structural, electronic, transport, optical, mechanical and compositional properties, we also discuss topics like
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Earth Materials

Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology

by Cornelis Klein, Anthony Philpotts ...

This concise, accessible, market-leading textbook brings together the wide-ranging fundamentals students need to understand rocks and minerals, and shows them how they relate to the broader Earth, materials and environmental sciences. Designed specifically for one-semester courses, it is beautifully illustrated to explain the key concepts in mineralogy and petrology. This edition has been fully ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This concise, accessible, market-leading textbook brings together the wide-ranging fundamentals students need to understand rocks and minerals, and shows them how they relate to the broader Earth, materials and environmental sciences. Designed specifically for one-semester courses, it is beautifully illustrated to explain the key concepts in mineralogy and petrology. This edition has been fully
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Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys

by David A. Porter, Kenneth E. Easterling, Mohamed Y. Sherif ...

Revised to reflect recent developments in the field, Phase Transformation in Metals and Alloys, Fourth Edition, continues to be the most authoritative and approachable resource on the subject. It supplies a comprehensive overview of specific types of phase transformations, supplemented by practical case studies of engineering alloys. The book’s unique presentation links a basic understanding of ... Read more

$94.99 USD

Revised to reflect recent developments in the field, Phase Transformation in Metals and Alloys, Fourth Edition, continues to be the most authoritative and approachable resource on the subject. It supplies a comprehensive overview of specific types of phase transformations, supplemented by practical case studies of engineering alloys. The book’s unique presentation links a basic understanding of
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Quantum Chemistry of Solids

LCAO Treatment of Crystals and Nanostructures

by Robert A. Evarestov ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Quantum Chemistry of Solids delivers a comprehensive account of the main features and possibilities of LCAO methods for the first principles calculations of electronic structure of periodic systems. The first part describes the basic theory underlying the LCAO methods applied to periodic systems and the use of Hartree-Fock(HF), Density Function theory(DFT) and hybrid Hamiltonians. The translation ... Read more

$188.99 USD

Quantum Chemistry of Solids delivers a comprehensive account of the main features and possibilities of LCAO methods for the first principles calculations of electronic structure of periodic systems. The first part describes the basic theory underlying the LCAO methods applied to periodic systems and the use of Hartree-Fock(HF), Density Function theory(DFT) and hybrid Hamiltonians. The translation
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Cutting and Polishing Gemstones - A Collection of Historical Articles on the Methods and Equipment Used for Working Gems

by Various ...

Discover the craftsmanship behind gem cutting through this rich compilation of classic texts originally published in the early 1900s.Carefully selected for modern readers, this anthology brings together historical articles on the tools, techniques and equipment that lapidaries used to cut and polish gemstones, from detailed manufacturing insights to descriptions of traditional polishing rigs and ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Discover the craftsmanship behind gem cutting through this rich compilation of classic texts originally published in the early 1900s.Carefully selected for modern readers, this anthology brings together historical articles on the tools, techniques and equipment that lapidaries used to cut and polish gemstones, from detailed manufacturing insights to descriptions of traditional polishing rigs and
... Read more
Advances in Organic Crystal Chemistry

Comprehensive Reviews 2015

Edited by Rui Tamura, Mikiji Miyata ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
For the last decade, the topics of organic crystal chemistry have become diversified, and each topic has been substantially advanced in concert with the rapid development of various analytical and measurement techniques for solid-state organic materials. The aim of this book is to systematically summarize and record the recent notable advances in various topics of organic crystal chemistry ... Read more

$287.99 USD

For the last decade, the topics of organic crystal chemistry have become diversified, and each topic has been substantially advanced in concert with the rapid development of various analytical and measurement techniques for solid-state organic materials. The aim of this book is to systematically summarize and record the recent notable advances in various topics of organic crystal chemistry
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Powder Diffraction

Theory and Practice

Edited by R E Dinnebier, S J L Billinge ...

Powder diffraction is a widely used scientific technique in the characterization of materials with broad application in materials science, chemistry, physics, geology, pharmacology and archaeology. Powder Diffraction: Theory and Practice provides an advanced introductory text about modern methods and applications of powder diffraction in research and industry. The authors begin with a brief ... Read more

$90.99 USD

Powder diffraction is a widely used scientific technique in the characterization of materials with broad application in materials science, chemistry, physics, geology, pharmacology and archaeology. Powder Diffraction: Theory and Practice provides an advanced introductory text about modern methods and applications of powder diffraction in research and industry. The authors begin with a brief
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Groups and Symmetries

From Finite Groups to Lie Groups

by Yvette Kosmann-Schwarzbach ...

Translated by Stephanie Frank Singer ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Groups and Symmetries: From Finite Groups to Lie Groups presents an introduction to the theory of group representations and its applications in quantum mechanics. Accessible to advanced undergraduates in mathematics and physics as well as beginning graduate students, the text deals with the theory of representations of finite groups, compact groups, linear Lie groups and their Lie algebras, ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Groups and Symmetries: From Finite Groups to Lie Groups presents an introduction to the theory of group representations and its applications in quantum mechanics. Accessible to advanced undergraduates in mathematics and physics as well as beginning graduate students, the text deals with the theory of representations of finite groups, compact groups, linear Lie groups and their Lie algebras,
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Fission-Track Thermochronology and its Application to Geology

Edited by Paul G. Fitzgerald, Marco G. Malusà ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This book is focused on the basics of applying thermochronology to geological and tectonic problems, with the emphasis on fission-track thermochronology. It is conceived for relatively new practitioners to thermochronology, as well as scientists experienced in the various methods. The book is structured in two parts.Part I is devoted to the fundamentals of the fission-track method, to its ... Read more

$58.99 USD

This book is focused on the basics of applying thermochronology to geological and tectonic problems, with the emphasis on fission-track thermochronology. It is conceived for relatively new practitioners to thermochronology, as well as scientists experienced in the various methods. The book is structured in two parts.Part I is devoted to the fundamentals of the fission-track method, to its
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Crystallographic Texture of Materials

by Satyam Suwas, Ranjit Kumar Ray ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Providing a comprehensive and invaluable overview of the basics of crystallographic textures and their industrial applications, this book covers a broad range of both structural and functional materials. It introduces the existing methods of representation in an accessible manner and presents a thorough overview of existing knowledge on texture of metallic materials.Texture analysis has widespread ... Read more

$98.99 USD

Providing a comprehensive and invaluable overview of the basics of crystallographic textures and their industrial applications, this book covers a broad range of both structural and functional materials. It introduces the existing methods of representation in an accessible manner and presents a thorough overview of existing knowledge on texture of metallic materials.Texture analysis has widespread
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